A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Roghun in Tajikistan on Friday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 15.77 km (10 miles). The temblor was reported at 08:40:50 / 8:40 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.0164 East, latitude 38.4892 North, depth = 15.77 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000ciq8. Unique identifier: us2000ciq8. Global time and date of event 12/01/18 / 2018-01-12 03:40:50 / January 12, 2018 @ 3:40 am UTC/GMT.
Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Vahdat (c. 45 700 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop), 101 km (63 miles) from Chubek (c. 19 600 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Norak (c. 18 100 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Yovon (c. 17 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Chubek, Yovon, Vahdat (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 34 km SSE of Roghun, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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